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clum·sy Listen to audio/ˈklʌmzi/ adjective
clum·si·er; clum·si·est
[also more clumsy; most clumsy] 1 : moving or doing things in a very awkward way and tending to drop or break things
I'm sorry about spilling your wine—that was very clumsy of me. I have very clumsy hands and tend to drop things. He is very clumsy. = He is a very clumsy person.
2 : badly or awkwardly made or done
She made a clumsy attempt at a joke.
3 : hard to use : awkward to handle
a clumsy tool
— clum·si·ly Listen to audio /ˈklʌmzəli/ adverb
They dealt with the situation clumsily.
— clum·si·ness Listen to audio /ˈklʌmzinəs/ noun [noncount]
It was my own clumsiness that caused the accident.

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